Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-08-05
IN TOWN AND OUT.

Go to H. H. Days, Bismarck, for jew
elry, watches, repairing, etc.
Miss Katie Corcoran paid visit to her
sister, Mrs. Donovan, in Bismarck, this
week. y
County Superintendent Worst belevesl
his wheat will average twenty bushels to
the acre.
Chokecherries are very fine this year..
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldroff secured nice ldt
of 'em the other day.
Mrs. Robinson, the popular Glencoe
teacher, was IN town Tuesday attending
the public examination.
\ Father Wolfgang, the well-known Cath!
Volic priest Of Bismarck, celebrated mass
Nat Mr.. Farrell house, Tuesday. !
There will be a meeting of Williams-
port school board Saturday evening at
O'Clock, at the county building.
Contractor Murphy and Mr.. George j.
Mcdonald came over to town from the
A. B. & N. W. grade, yesterday.
Deputy Sheriff Waldroff's pony is COM
ing out IN fine shape. He gets over the
ground as rapidly as one could wish.
4 Miss Mary Farrell, who has been spend.
| ing vacation with her parents, will soon
| return to her school in Burleigh county.
MIR. E pier, of Buchanan, was in town
! Tuesday, looking for help. He would
give steady employment for some time to
a man.
Mr.. Rush has removed his corral down
to Sand Creek, handy to the grazing
ground. The cattle and horses in his
herd are looking we'll.
"A number of Williamsport gentlemen
are interested in the question as to
whether certain railroad sub.contractor
now absent intends to return.
Mr.. j. B. Taylor, Of Bismarck, arrived
at Williamsport yesterday with his herd
of horses. They are good stock, and
the prices are very reasonable.
r. A married daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
4 Honsteln, Of the Winchester country, ar
rived Tuesday on a visit to her parents.
\ The lady's home is at Hillsboro, Oak.
\~Frank Hart purchased very likely.
looking unbroken pony out of Mr.. Tay-
lor's herd, and will devote the next week
or two to getting acquainted with him.
The former residence of the Halstead
family, or the Bismarck road mile and
a half from Williamsport, was blown over
by the wind on Thursday night of las,
| week.
| Young Joe Walker writes us from Mi.
not subscribing for the RECORD. He says
II will not be home until fall. Pitcher
and are driving team for McGillis s. Nc
Donald
v The binders in the Williamsport neigh
A borhood are all at work, mostly on wheat.
The grain Shocks up WE'LL" and it is be.
lieved the average yield will be at least
fifteen bushels to the acre.
Charley Robinson, of Glencoe, was in
I town Tuesday. He reports that Tom Kel.
ly, who has been in charge of an outfi,
on the A., B. & N. w., was brought down
| by a fever last week, and was taken to
\ the Bismarck hospital Saturday.
N Bushman & Co., of Bismarck, have To-
Gated railroad-supply store at Long
Lake (the old hoteD, and are prepared te
furnish Emmons County people with
groceries, ETC., at lowest cash prices.
Attorney John Parker, of Winchester
was in town Wednesday. He reports the
wheat harvest dewn on Beaver progress.
ing. His own crop, which was put in
late, is turning out great deal better
than he expected.
"The coat smells tritle musty, lssac
stein," said the customer, throwing il
down. II no schmell dot trife musty, u
argued Mr.. Isaacstein earnestly. "und my
nose vas twice SO big as yours. ."--[Of Un.
known Parentage
Talk about valuable diamonds" sale
a man with big stripes on his collar anc
bergamot on his hair-"the most expen
sive kind of diamond know Of is the
kind that stays in the pack when YOU W
got four OF 'em in your hand."- Wash
ington Hatchet.
| Tribune, 31st: The graders on the Alb
erdeen, Bismarck & Northwestern will
commence work on the grade betweer
this city and Apple Greek this week
President Wells says the entire grade be
tween Aberdeen and Bismarck will bt
completed in two months.
| Oats are commonly allowed to get full
ripe before they are harvested, says ar
exchange, whereas they should be GU
| while the straw yet shows somewhat
green. Cut at this stage they are rarely
lodged, and the feeding value of botl
grain and straw is greater.
Dakota has no reason for beins
ashamed of her criminal docket, as showr
by her record of penitcntiary convicts
when compared with that of the states
says an exchange. In the two peniten
tiarles there are perhaps 140 prisoners
making about one convicted criminal t.
every 1000 population.
| 1t is hardly necessary to call the atten
tion of our citizens to the fact that the
drug firm of Dunn 6 Co., opposite the
Sheridan House, Bismarck, keeps or
hand at all times large stock of fresl
and pure drugs, which will be sold at the